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"Do up brown"
'''Do (something) up brown''' To do something to the maximum degree or with the maximum effect or impact.
<blockquote>Of course she decorated the room beautifully for the birthday party—she does everything up brown.
<br>I never have much success with plants, but I really did it up brown this time, killing every single thing I planted.</blockquote>

See also: "brown, up"
*Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 

===do something up brown===
to do something just right or with great effect.(Fixed order.) Whenever they put on a party, they do it up brown. He was determined to cause a scandal, and he really did it up brown.
See also: brown, up

*McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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